1st Edition

The Education of a Countryman

By Harry McGuire Burton Copyright 1943
    264 Pages
    by Routledge

    264 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 1998. This is Volume XI of twenty-eight in the Sociology of Education series. This study initially finished in 1943, is in response to an increasing interest in education generally and in the post-war development and layout of English rural life particularly. The author surveys the educational provision in the rural areas of England, looking at village schools, curriculum, in both primary and secondary schools, the training of teachers and conclusions on its post-war future.

    Chapter 1 A Decaying Countryside?; Chapter 2 Sixty Years an Outcast; Chapter 3 The School in the Village; Chapter 4 Dual Control1See also Chapter XI, pp. 224–226.; Chapter 5 Reorganisation; Chapter 6 Curriculum; Chapter 7 Secondary Schools1The Secondary Schools of Scotland and even more of Wales are so unlike those of England, in their history, their frequency and even their aims, that it would be as well to state that English secondary education only is discussed in this Chapter.; Chapter 8 The Training and Supply of Teachers; Chapter 9 Adolescents and Adults; Chapter 10 A Note on Finance; Chapter 11 War and Post-War; Chapter 12 Conclusions;

    Biography

    H. M. Burton